Kim Wooka

Kim Wooka, Team Everest’s glamour girl, consistently leaves her opponents stunned at the table, not only with her striking good looks, but with her impressive skills and mind-blowing knowledge of the game.  You may be distracted by her designer clothes and jewel-encrusted finger nails, but don’t be fooled by appearances.

Kim Wooka is all business.   

Kim, who owns two restaurants in her home country of Japan, treats her bankroll as a high powered executive would treat any business transaction.   Kim studied economics in school, and she considers poker to be a game of smart finances rather than dumb luck. 

“I began studying poker as an investment. Poker itself has so much in common with investments. You have to manage your investments. It’s much like getting A-A at the table,” Kim muses.  “You can still lose. You just have to chase the better odds and the better percentage. “

“And it is true with both investments and poker that you have to build your bankroll gradually.”

Kim made a big impression on the poker world in 2007 when she finished first in the All Japan Poker Championship.  Since then she has made it her personal goal to change the image of poker in Japan. 

“I want to change the image of poker in Japan. No one really knows about poker, but they tend to assume it does not have a clean image. It is most important to me that the Japanese know the people playing poker are highly intelligent. I want people to see poker as an intelligent game played by intelligent people.”

Since signing with Everest Poker, Kim has had several strong finishes in international tournaments, including making the final table and finishing first of all female players in the APPT Macau, as well as cashing $25,000 at the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2008.